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Recognition and management of acute functional decline in older people living in care homes: a qualitative interview study with UK care home staff

Abigail Moore, Margaret Glogowska, Christopher Butler and Gail Hayward
BJGP Open 2025; 9 (3): BJGPO.2024.0252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0252
Abigail Moore
1 Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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vol. 9 no. 3 BJGPO.2024.0252
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0252
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40335096

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  • Received October 23, 2024
  • Revision received January 27, 2025
  • Accepted February 12, 2025
  • Published online October 27, 2025.

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  1. Abigail Moore1,*,
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  1. 1 Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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